Survey of Smokers Treated in the Emergency Department (ED) on Ownership and Usage of Cell Phones

• Sponsor: Yale University (Other)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT01820533
• Collaborator: National Cancer Institute (NCI) (NIH), National Institutes of Health (NIH) (NIH)
• Enrollment: 775
• Location: 1
• Duration (Months): 3
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 259.2

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

To study ownership and use of cell phones in low-income smokers. This may help us better understand the impact of cell phone ownership plans on low income smokers' access to quitlines. Use of quitlines may be impeded by limited access to landline phones and limited airtime minutes on cell phones.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Smoking	Other: Cell Phone Survey

Study Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Actual Enrollment: 775 participants
• Observational Model: Case-Only
• Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional
• Official Title: Survey of Smokers Treated in the ED on Ownership and Usage of Cell Phones
• Study Start Date: Apr 1, 2013
• Actual Primary Completion Date: Jul 1, 2013
• Actual Study Completion Date: Jul 1, 2013

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
smokers	Other: Cell Phone Survey; Eight item survey for smokers being treated in the YNHH Emergency Dept. The survey asks about the type of cell phone(s) subjects have, how much they pay for cell service monthly, housing status, and if they receive any benefit that would qualify them for the Lifeline program.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Proportion of participants with lifeline wireless phones [baseline]

   The proportion of participants who have lifeline wireless phones (AKA "Medicaid phones").

2. proportion of participants with limited wireless minutes [baseline]

   The proportion of participants with limited wireless minutes each month, stratified by insurance.

3. proportion of participants with unlimited wireless minutes [baseline]

   The proportion of participants with unlimited wireless minutes each month, stratified by insurance status.

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years and Older
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age 18 or over

• speak and understand English

• willing and able to give informed consent

• have smoked more than 100 cigarettes lifetime

• are currently a daily or some day smoker

Exclusion Criteria:

• too ill or unable to consent

• not interested in participation

• actively psychotic or mentally ill and unable to give consent

• in police custody

• resides in an extended care facility.

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Yale University	New Haven	Connecticut	United States	06510

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Yale University
• National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Investigators

• Principal Investigator: Steven L Bernstein, MD, Yale University

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: Yale University
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01820533
• Other Study ID Numbers: 0907005437-2; 5R01CA141479-04
• First Posted: Mar 28, 2013
• Last Update Posted: Aug 22, 2014
• Last Verified: Aug 1, 2014

• Keywords provided by Yale University: Smoking; Cellular phones; Low income population

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Aug 22, 2014